Global First Scottish Parliament Opens After 300 Years
In Edinburgh the ceremony unites tradition and populism as Queen Elizabeth I opens Scotland’s first Parliament in nearly 300 years. She expresses prayers for the new assembly and confidence in Scotland’s future. Tony Blair’s Labour aims to reconfigure UK with a decentralized power structure while preserving the union.
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Tony Blair
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Deadline drags as Northern Ireland talks stall over disarmament
In Belfast two main Protestant and Catholic parties traded blame after an 18 hour pause in negotiations aimed at salvaging the Good Friday accord. Sinn Fein backs IRA disarmament by May, while Ulster Unionists demand clarity as the December decisive step looms.
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Cable car crash kills 21 in French Alps resort town
A cable car plunged about 260 feet in Saint Etienne en Devoluy near Grenoble killing 21 aboard. Most victims were observatory employees and engineers, with officials noting no tourists onboard. The car fell after a cable broke near the summit in clear weather, marking France’s worst cable car disaster.
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Italy
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Chamonix
Mont Blanc
Milosevic Struggles to Calm Dissent as Kosovo Massacre Reported
In Yugoslavia, Milosevic seeks to dampen growing protests while NATO reports a new massacre site near Prizren with 78 to 119 bodies found. UN rights chief Mary Robinson urges action as 4,000 Roma flee in Kosovo Polje. Violence persists, with civilians killed and many missing in southern Kosovo.
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Belgrade
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Long pleads guilty in Lost Trust corruption case
Former South Carolina state Senator Bud Long Jr. admitted lying to FBI agents in the Operation Lost Trust case. Prosecutors dropped bribery and extortion charges in exchange for the plea, with potential prison up to five years but possible probation. Long faces sentencing after a presentence investigation.
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Henry Herlong
Remains of child found at Hunley grave site
Charleston archaeologists digging near the Hunley crew site in The Citadel area discover a child remains aged 3 to 5 buried in the mariner graveyard. Unclear why the child was laid there. some think the infant may be buried beside its father.
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Madonna sues over tax filing mistake by advisers
New York a $2.5 million suit alleges malpractice and breach of contract against Padell Nadell Fine Weinberger & Co. Madonna claims a 1982 filing miscategorized her as California resident, costing $2 million in state income taxes. Padell defends, noting Madonna lived in New York over 183 days that year.
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